Rangers FC coach Ally McCoist said Tuesday that U.S. national team midfielders Maurice Edu and Alejandro Bedoya are certain to leave the fallen Glasgow power. Meanwhile, U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra remains on the roster and played the full 90 minutes Tuesday as Rangers -- relegated to Scotland’s fourth division following a bankruptcy -- defeated visiting East Fife 4-0 in a League Cup match.

Bocanegra, 33, now has played in both of Rangers’ competitive games since the club reformed as a new company. While he still might leave before the European transfer window closes at the end of August, the fact he’s honoring his old contract should entitle Rangers to a transfer fee from the club that eventually signs him. In fact, a story on Rangers’ own website indicated it was “inconceivable” that Bocanegra would remain in Glasgow long term.

Maurice Edu is certain to leave Rangers FC, according to his coach. (AP Photo)

“Edu and Bedoya are not in the squad due to the fact that they want to leave,” McCoist said Tuesday. “I have thanked all the players for coming back. We have lost 23 players since January, and a lot of them chose not to come back to the club. You will have to ask them why they didn’t come back and allow the club to get transfer fees.

“I am not daft enough to think that a few of those who came back will still leave. All I have asked them is that if they are going to do that could they do it as quickly as possible in the respect of the club and the team moving forward.”

Tuesday’s game marked Rangers’ debut in the 2012-13 League Cup, a secondary knockout competition for the 42 teams that compete in the top four tiers of Scotland’s soccer pyramid. It has won the tournament 27 times, along with 33 Scottish Cup titles and a record 54 league championships.

Now, Rangers is at least three years away from competing for a 55th title. It will kick off its league campaign on Saturday at Peterhead, which plays in a 4,000-seat stadium in northeast Scotland. Bocanegra may be there, but it appears he’ll be following his U.S. teammates out the door before too long.